Finnish snowboard Coach Antti Koskinen, who knits during competition, has become an Olympic Folk Hero.
Finnish Snowboard Coach Antti Koskinen, who knits during competition, has become an Olympic folk hero.
Screengrab by NPR/NBC And in an unexpected moment during the weekend's Olympic slopestyle competition, the Nordic nation showed off another delightful quality: a passion for knitting.
Koskinen glances up from his project (something involving black yarn), passes the needles to one hand, and fist-bumps Tonteri.
People watching at home went wild for the contented crafter, and the feverish screen-grabbing began.
Finland's Olympic team was quick to demonstrate that the love for knitting is not limited to Koskinen: It posted photos of its team hanging out in sock feet, working on a blanket for its president's newborn son.
(The project has become something of a tradition: at Sochi, the team worked to knit a giant scarf .)
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